Swarm - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |swɔːrm|  American pronunciation of the word swarm
Brit.  |swɔːm|  British pronunciation of the word swarm

noun

- a moving crowd (syn: drove, horde)
- a group of many things in the air or on the ground (syn: cloud)
a swarm of insects obscured the light

verb

- be teeming, be abuzz (syn: pullulate, teem)
The garden was swarming with bees
- move in large numbers (syn: pour, pullulate, stream, teem)

Extra examples

...a swarm of tourists descends upon the island every summer...

The autograph seekers swarmed around the actor.

The streets were swarming with hotel guests trying to escape the flames.

At a signal, the sailors swarmed up (the ropes).

Swarms of tourists jostled through the square.

Photographers were swarming around the princess.

The garden was swarming with bees

...after winning the lottery, she was beset by a whole scurvy swarm of con artists, ne'er-do-wells, and hangers-on...

The beekeeper hived the swarm

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: swarm
he/she/it: swarms
present participle: swarming
past tense: swarmed
past participle: swarmed
noun
singular: swarm
plural: swarms
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